It’s a Fact
Approximately 50,000 residents
What is the approximate population of Duplin County?
Duplin county’s agricultural income is approximately $__________________.
What is $1 Billion…. $1,027,160,549
This employee grades, sorts, or classifies unprocessed food and other agricultural products by size, weight, color, or condition.
Who are Agriculture Graders and Sorters? $32,550/yr; No formal education; Below average outlook
This employee normally plants, cultivates, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops by hand.
Who is a Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Farmworker/Laborer? $33,000/yr; No formal education; Below average outlook
________ is the largest muscadine winery in the world with a tank capacity of 2.1 million gallons.
Who is Duplin Winery?
This occupation is one of the oldest in existence and is essential to human survival.
What is Agriculture?
Duplin and Sampson Counties' agricultural output supplies how MUCH of the world’s food supply.
A. 1/9 B. 1/10 C. 1/6
What is 1/6?
This employee attends to animals produced for animal products, such as meat, fur, skins, feathers, eggs, milk, and honey. Duties may include feeding, watering, herding, grazing, milking, castrating, branding, de-beaking, weighing, catching, and loading animals.
What is a Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals? $34,150/yr; No formal education; Below average outlook
This employee drives and controls equipment to support agricultural activities such as tilling soil; planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops. They may operate stationary equipment to perform post-harvest tasks such as husking, shelling, threshing, and ginning.
What is Agricultural Equipment Operators?$37,780/yr; No formal education; Bright outlook
My job is to plan, implement, and evaluate a wide variety of Agriculture and livestock programs for youth ages 5-18.
Who is the 4-H Youth Development Extension Agent? $42,715, Bachelors degree
58.5 years
What is the average age of a Duplin County Farmer?
Only a small percentage of the agriculture land is used for pasturing most of the acreage is reserved for __________.
What is Croplands: Soybeans, corn, wheat, tobacco, and peanuts; $100,593,154; 5th in the state
I directly supervise and coordinate the activities of agricultural, forestry, aquacultural, and related workers.
Who are Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers Supervisors? $54,490/yr; High school diploma, Average outlook
This employee diagnoses, adjusts, repairs, or overhauls farm machinery and vehicles, such as tractors, harvesters, dairy equipment, and irrigation systems.
Who is a Farm Equipment Mechanic and Service Technician? $48,010/yr; High school diploma; Bright outlook
What is the largest turkey processing facility in the world?
Who is Butterball’s Carolina Turkey Plant?
822 square miles of land.
What is Duplin County’s land mass in square miles?
________berries are produced throughout the state in 40 counties. The primary hub is Nash County, Johnston County, and Duplin County.
What are strawberries?
This person will instruct students in a variety of agricultural sciences related subjects beyond the high school level. They may also conduct research and publish scholarly papers and books.
What is a Postsecondary Agricultural Science Teacher? $63,760, Post graduate degree, Average outlook.
This employee will mix or apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides through sprays, dusts, vapors, soil incorporation, or chemical application on trees, shrubs, lawns, or crops.
Who is a Vegetation pesticide handler? $41,440/yr; High school diploma and additional certifications, Average outlook
The highest producer of ______ & ______ in the country is Duplin County
What are hogs & pigs?
Approximately 296 acres
What is the average Duplin County Farm size?
Four out of five of the largest __________ in Duplin County are agriculture related.
What is employers? Butterball, LLC - 1000+, Smithfield Foods, Inc - 1000+, Duplin County Schools Education - 1000+, House of Raeford, Inc - 1000+, Murphy Family Ventures, LLC - 500-999
This career involves research in the genetics, nutrition, reproduction, growth, and development of domestic farm animals.
Who are Animal Scientists? $69,390/yr; Bachelor's degree; Bright outlook
This employee will recruit and hire seasonal or temporary agricultural laborers. May transport, house, and provide meals for workers.
Who is a Farm Labor Contractor? $49,330/yr, No formal education, Bright outlook
Wendell H. Murphy, from Rose Hill, introduced a ________ operation which revolutionized the agriculture industry.
What is sow and farrowing?